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The Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 402: What Happened to Budget Watches?This week on the podcast, Zach Kazan is joined by Kat Shoulders and Zach Weiss to chat about something that’s on everyone’s mind as of late: watch pricing. Specifically, we’re wondering about the state of the “budget” watch, the space that used to be owned by inexpensive (and enthusiast favorite) Seiko sports watches. The landscape for these watches has changed considerably over the last several years, and in this episode we discuss potential reasons for that, who’s filling the void, and provide some recommendations for enthusiasts (regardless of their experience level) on brands and watches to look out...2025-06-1154 min
The Worn & Wound PodcastEp 399: “Bad Actors” and Recent Watch Spotting in Movies and TVThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan is joined by Zach Weiss and Devin Pennypacker to catch up on some of the watches they’ve spotted in recent TV and movies. The inspiration for this podcast is a recent article by Zach Weiss in which he points out the blatantly fake watches used in Your Friends and Neighbors, currently airing on Apple TV+. Zach takes us through not only the mistakes made in this show, but a possible error in Sinners, still in theaters, and a famous shot in Breaking Bad where a character uses a chronograph in...2025-05-211h 02
The Worn & Wound PodcastEp 395: Collection UpdatesThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan is joined by Zach Weiss for a collection update. Every so often, when new watches hit our collections, we jump on the podcast to talk about what we picked up and why. In recent months, both Zachs have made a few additions, and we thought now would be a good time to provide an update after the Honeymoon Period has just barely faded. Zach Weiss has seen a vintage watch (from a brand that has been very much in the news) join the collection, along with a very tough to...2025-04-2357 min
The Worn & Wound PodcastEp 394: Our Big Watches & Wonders RoundupThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Weiss, Kat Shoulders, and Zach Kazan are looking back at the recently completed Watches & Wonders event. It’s been about two weeks and we’ve all had a bit of time to digest everything we saw in Geneva, and in this episode we hear about some of the trends we identified, watches we loved, and overall impressions of the show and our time in Geneva. We also answer a bunch of questions from our Worn & Wound+ Slack community on everything from our favorite booths, hidden gems, and those TAG Heuer F1s. 2025-04-1659 min
The Worn & Wound PodcastEp 392: Live from Watches & Wonders - We Talk First ImpressionsToday, we are hosted by Zach Weiss and Zach Kazan as they are on-location at Watches & Wonders. They talk about their first impressions by many of the new releases. Stay tuned to all Watches & Wonders news on Worn & Wound by heading here: https://wornandwound.com/tag/watches-and-wonders-2025/To stay on top of all new episodes, you can subscribe to The Worn & Wound Podcast on all major platforms including Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and more. You can also find our RSS feed here.And if you like what you hear, then don’t forget to leave us...2025-04-0244 min
The Worn & Wound PodcastEp 391: The Rise of Micro-Indies with Bhanu ChopraThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan and Zach Weiss are joined by Bhanu Chopra. Bhanu is likely a familiar figure to many – he’s a watch media mainstay, with bylines in Forbes, Revolution, and, of course, Worn & Wound, among others. If there’s one thing to know about Bhanu, it’s that he has a real passion for independent brands, particularly those on the small affordable side. He was well ahead of the curve when it comes to the current “micro-indie” movement in the watch world. We talk to Bhanu about why these brands mean so much to him...2025-03-261h 02
The Worn & Wound PodcastEp 387: What Do We Value in Watches?This week, Griffin Bartsch makes his return to the Worn & Wound podcast, where he joins Zach Kazan and Zach Weiss for a conversation focused on how we find value watches. Inspired by Griffin’s recent review of his Vertex Aqualion, they dig into concepts of price sensitivity, how we rationalize the cost of a watch, and what actually makes us think a watch is “overpriced.” It’s a fun discussion on a topic at the forefront of the minds of many collectors as watch prices rise but the overall quality of a watch doesn’t necessarily follow suit.To stay...2025-02-2659 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastEp 386: A Dive Watch DraftThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, we’re drafting divers! Zach Kazan is joined by Zach Weiss and Devin Pennypacker to participate in a fun but ultimately fruitless exercise whereby they pick their favorite divers at three different price points: under $5,000, between $5,000 and $15,000, and over $15,000. It’s always fun to play with fake money, and our panel picks a truly wide and sometimes strange selection of divers, from the common to the completely obscure and everywhere in between. Before they get into the diver conversation, Zach, Devin, and Zach discuss two of the bigger pieces of news...2025-02-191h 06The Worn & Wound PodcastEp 383: the $10,000 Watch Collection ChallengeOn this week’s podcast, Zach Kazan, Zach Weiss, and Kat Shoulders are on the mic to do one of their favorite things: spend hypothetical money that does not really exist. This episode is a thought experiment: if you had $10,000 to build a watch collection, what would you pick? No guardrails, as many (or as few) watches as you want, but within a $10,000 limit. Unsurprisingly, with no rules attached, everyone took a very different approach, and part of the fun of this episode is unpacking why those approaches were taken. There are a lot of great watches discussed here, so...2025-01-2959 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 380: Our 2025 PredictionsThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan, Zach Weiss, and Devin Pennypacker take a stab at a tried and true watch podcast trope: watch industry predictions! We don’t want to get our watch podcast membership club card revoked, so we’re doing that thing many of our colleagues do and making potentially errant predictions about what we think might be coming in 2025. We’ve got ideas on watch pricing, the state of watch media, what might be coming from Tudor and Rolex, and a whole lot more (including, of course, stone dials). Before we get started on the...2025-01-0855 min
The Worn & Wound PodcastEp 378: Our Favorite Watches of 2024It’s the final episode of the Worn & Wound podcast for 2024, so of course the team is talking about their favorite watches of the year. Zach Kazan, Kat Shoulders, Zach Weiss, and Devin Pennypacker are all on the mic to look at the best watches they’ve seen from the last year, and reflect on 2024 as a watch year in general. The conventional wisdom is that this was a slow year of incremental updates from the big brands, but the team found plenty to like from indies, micros, and big brands alike, including big comeback years from Jaeger-LeCoultre and Omeg...2024-12-251h 05The Worn & Wound PodcastEp 373: Collection Updates!This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan is joined by Kat Shoulders and Blake Malin for a long in the works collection update episode. From time to time (usually after one or more members of the team have acquired some particularly cool watches) we like to get in front of our mics and talk about why we added a particular watch to the rotation. It just so happens that Zach, Kat, and Blake have all added multiple watches to the collection after some major collection reshuffling, so this episode actually covers quite a bit of new watch...2024-11-2057 min
The Worn & Wound PodcastEP 372: Watch Winders, GS9, and Our Favorite Footwear – November Q&AThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan, Zach Weiss, and Devin Pennypacker take to their mics to once again answer questions from listeners, submitted via Instagram and our Worn & Wound+ Slack channel. There’s a huge range of questions this week on a variety of topics, including the recent GS9 event in New York City, our favorites from Windup NYC, and whether or not to invest in a watch winder. If you’re not already part of our Worn & Wound+ Slack community, be sure to sign up here so you can get your questions answered in ou...2024-11-131h 05
The Worn & Wound PodcastEP 371: New Releases from Tudor, Omega, Christopher Ward, and MoreThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, we’ve assembled a full house for a good old fashioned new release roundup. It’s been a little while since we’ve done one of these, but there have been so many notable new watches coming to market in recent weeks and months, we felt like it was time. Joining Zach Kazan this week we’ve got Kat Shoulders, Zach Weiss, and Devin Pennypacker to unpack big releases from Tudor, Christopher Ward, Omega, and more. Be sure to let us know what you think of these new releases, and let us kn...2024-11-0658 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastEp 363: Peanut Butter & Butter Sandwiches?!?This week on the podcast, Zach Kazan and Zach Weiss are tackling questions from our listeners submitted through Instagram and our Worn & Wound+ Slack community. There are a bunch of great questions this month on a range of topics, including the prevalence of luxury quartz watches, our thoughts on the latest from Christopher Ward, and whether or not it’s ever appropriate to pay a premium for a particular dial color. There’s also, as is tradition, a sandwich related question, which we of course are thrilled to answer.To stay on top of all new episodes, you...2024-09-1154 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 356: Our Watch Origin Stories, and First Watch RecommendationsOn this week’s podcast, Zach Kazan, Kat Shoulders, and Zach Weiss are on the mic to talk about their watch origin stories. Everyone has a first watch, and these are the ones that, although we couldn’t possibly know it at the time, set us on an inexorable path to the watch industry. We’d love to know what your first watch was, and if you still have it, so let us know in the comments below. Since we knew we’d be talking about first watches, we thought we’d also provide some recommendations for first watch...2024-07-2448 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 355: The Grey NATO LIVE Part I at the Windup Watch Fair ChicagoThis week on the podcast, we continue a Windup Watch Fair tradition. For the third year in a row, we’re teaming with our friends Jason Heaton and James Stacey of The Grey NATO for a collaborative podcast. We recorded in front of a (packed) live audience on the final day of Windup, and covered a lot of ground. Once again, we’re splitting it up so you’ll hear the first half on our feed today, and the second half on TGN tomorrow. In this half of the conversation, Zach Kazan, Zach Weiss, and the TGN guys ta...2024-07-1747 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 354: Previewing Windup Watch Fair ChicagoThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, it’s time to preview the Windup Watch Fair in Chicago. Events Manager Nelly Calhoun takes over hosting duties this week, and is joined by Worn & Wound cofounders Zach Weiss and Blake Malin. Together they discuss the origins of the Windup Watch Fair, the growth of the microbrand and independent watch community, and they even tell some war stories from the earliest days of the show. Before that, Zach Kazan and Kat Shoulders are on mic to introduce this week’s episode, and share some of their own Windup memories.Just...2024-07-101h 02The Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 353: Listener Q&A with Zach Weiss and Zach KazanThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, it’s time once again for our monthly(ish) Q&A episode, and this time Zach Kazan is joined by Zach Weiss for a series of great questions from our Worn & Wound+ Slack community and Instagram followers. In this episode we have questions about the “most improved” brands in the space, how we maintain enthusiasm for watches, and our preferred straps for summer. There’s also a highly controversial question here that asks us to choose between tacos and hamburgers, and regret ensues immediately after it’s answered.To stay on top of...2024-07-0355 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 347: The Three Watch Collection for $10,000On this week’s podcast, Zach Kazan and Zach Weiss are putting a new spin on an old format. The “3 for $5k” column is a Worn & Wound staple (and the Reader Edition will be back very soon), but with inflation being what it is these days, we thought it was time to extend the upper limit of our budget for this thought experiment. So in this episode, Zach and Zach decide on their own personal three watch collection for $10,000. It’s interesting to see how their thought processes change (and stay the same) with more fake money to play with. 2024-05-2242 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 344: Looking Back at Our Favorite Releases from Watches & Wonders, Plus the New Christopher Ward Twelve XThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan and Zach Weiss are joined by Ed Jelley to finally put a bow on Watches & Wonders 2024, discussing their favorite releases from the show and their overall impressions of this year’s slate of watches. Before the Watches & Wonders talk, however, there’s a big new release from one of our favorite brands to discuss. Christopher Ward dropped the new Twelve X last week, and it quickly became the hottest topic in the watch world. Zach Weiss had a chance to see the watch in person ahead of its release, and he g...2024-05-0157 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 343: Dave Brailsford, Co-Founder of Garrick WatchmakersOver the years, Garrick Watchmakers has become one of our favorite independent brands. Their distinct design language draws on the heritage of classic British watchmaking, and the watches themselves are almost entirely bespoke. Truly, each one is made to order, and clients have enormous latitude in picking out nearly every detail. Dave Brailsford is Garrick’s cofounder and joins Zach Weiss and Zach Kazan in this episode of the Worn & Wound podcast to discuss Garrick’s history, the unique challenges of running a brand where the client has such a large role in the decision making process, and painstaking prod...2024-04-2456 min
The Worn & Wound PodcastTime on Screen: Dune Part TwoThis week on Time on Screen, Zach Kazan, Zach Weiss, and Blake Malin sit around a Sand Worm popcorn bucket and talk about the biggest movie of the year to this point: Dune Part Two. We don’t always cover new releases on Time on Screen, but with a movie this big we couldn’t not discuss it. Of course, it has a fairly notable watch tie-in, but the focus of this conversation is mostly our shared immensely positive reaction to our first viewings of the Dune sequel. Given that Part Two effectively solidifies Dune as a major...2024-03-181h 11The Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 338: Perpetual CalendarsThis week on the podcast, Zach Kazan is joined by Zach Weiss for a discussion about all things pertaining to calendar watches, particularly perpetual calendars. Last week was Leap Day, a calendar event that is celebrated with great enthusiasm by watch lovers, who get really excited to see their perpetual calendars do their thing when the calendar changes from 2/29 to 3/1. Zach and Zach run through some of their favorite perpetuals in this conversation, and discuss what draws them to these watches in the first place.To stay on top of all new episodes, you can subscribe to...2024-03-0655 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 337: Inside Formex, and the Making of a Worn & Wound Limited EditionThis week the Worn & Wound podcast is all about Formex, and the recent limited edition Essence we released with them earlier in the month. We’re happy to be joined by Markus Wälchli and Raphael Granito from Formex for this conversation, and Worn & Wound cofounder (and designer of this particular watch) Zach Weiss is here too. This is a deep dive into the history of Formex and the unique challenges of creating this specific watch, plus we also hear from Zach Weiss about the sci-fi influenced campaign built around “The Watch from Another World.”This episode of the...2024-02-2852 min
The Worn & Wound PodcastTime on Screen: InsomniaThis week, Time on Screen is back with an interesting and too often forgotten Christopher Nolan movie. Insomnia was Nolan’s first big budget Hollywood production coming off the surprise hit of Memento, and while it’s a pretty standard thriller on the surface, there are glimpses of what’s to come for Nolan if you look for them. Zach Kazan welcomes Zach Weiss and Kat Shoulders to this episode, where they talk about how Insomnia holds up twenty years after its release, and then they pick their top three Christopher Nolan movies. There’s also an extended sidebar on the r...2024-02-261h 15The Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 336: February Q&AWe’re back this week with our monthly Q&A podcast episode. Kat Shoulders, Zach Weiss, and Zach Kazan are all on the mic fielding questions from our Instagram followers and Worn & Wound+ Slack community. Topics this month are as varied as usual, and touch on hypothetical titanium Seikos, limitations of mass produced movements, our longest honeymoon period with a watch, and a lot more. We love to do these Q&A episodes, so if you want to get a question in for the next one, be sure to join our Worn & Wound+ Slack group and keep an eye ou...2024-02-2154 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 332: Overrated/Underrated with Dana LiToday on the Worn & Wound podcast, we’re once again joined by Dana Li, founder of Tell the Time, a watch platform focused on providing a female driven perspective on the watch world. In this episode, after a brief discussion on the influx of Lunar New Year watches and some other new releases from a busy first month of the year, Dana, Zach Kazan, and Zach Weiss play a game of Overrated/Underrated, each proposing a handful of topics and asking for the group’s hottest take: are these overrated or underrated? Discussion points include micro-adjustment on bracelet clasps, the...2024-01-2458 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 330: What Tool Watches Mean to UsThis week, the Worn & Wound podcast is all about tool watches. We’ve got Zach Kazan, Kat Shoulders, Zach Weiss, and Ricardo Sime on mic to discuss the finer points of a category in watchmaking that is essentially inescapable. But what does it really mean to own and collect tool watches in 2024? We try to define what a tool watch is in the first place (we’ve found there’s no real consensus) and grapple with whether an interest in tool watches has more to do with practicality, aesthetics, or something else entirely. It’s a fun conversation that takes al...2024-01-1044 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 327: Our Favorite Watches of 2023This week, as the year draws to a close, the Worn & Wound team considers their favorite watch releases from the last twelve months. This is our Watch of the Year episode, where we find Zach Kazan, Zach Weiss, Kat Shoulders, and Ed Jelley picking the watches that stood out to them in a crowded year of new releases. Their picks run the gamut, from affordable micro-brand staples, to the impossibly high end haute horlogerie, and everything in between.Let us know in the comments what releases stood out to you, and stay tuned to these pages as...2023-12-201h 02The Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 326: A Few of Our Favorite ThingsThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, we return to a format that we first explored earlier this year, and provide some (mostly) non-watch recommendations to our listeners. Zach Weiss, Zach Kazan, Kat Shoulders, and Kyle Snarr are in the studio and are armed with lists of movies, shows, bags, books, and more that have caught their attention recently. We always have a lot of fun sharing the things we like outside of the watch space with our listeners, and we’d love to hear about the stuff you’ve been enjoying too, so be sure to leave a comm...2023-12-1350 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 325: End of Year Q&AIt’s Q&A time once again! In this episode of the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Weiss, Kat Shoulders, and Zach Kazan are fielding questions from you, our listeners, submitted via Instagram and our Worn & Wound+ Slack channel. For this round of questions, we field queries from a diverse range of topics, including our favorite straps to splurge on, the bags we carry, and even what we did before our Worn & Wound days. We also tackle the age old question of how we know it’s time to sell a watch, and we even touch on the possibility of the...2023-12-0651 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 320: New Materials and Record Setting Lightness from Omega and MingThis week on the podcast, Blake welcomes Zach Weiss and Zach Kazan to talk about a pair of recent releases from Omega and Ming that cover similar ground in their use of interesting and uncommon materials, all in the name of reducing weight. The new Omega Planet Ocean diver uses a titanium movement to cut weight in a package that’s already quite chunky, and the Ming LW.01 is a literal record setter, lighter in weight than any other mechanical watch.These non-traditional watches have us thinking about the merits of lighter weight watches in general and also the us...2023-11-0156 min
The Worn & Wound PodcastTime On Screen: In The Mouth of MadnessTime on Screen is back this week with a seasonally appropriate entry, an underrated mid-90s classic from the Master of Horror himself, John Carpenter. Zach Kazan is joined by Zach Weiss and Chris Antzoulis (all horror movie fans to their core) for this discussion of In the Mouth of Madness, the capstone to Carpenter’s “Apocalypse Trilogy,” and a personal favorite of this crew. There are other Carpenter horror movies that are more famous, but none that take place largely in New Hampshire, and few that are quite this unhinged, following Sam Neill’s insurance investigator as he tries to...2023-10-301h 01The Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 312: Jonathan Ferrer of Brew WatchesThis week, a special episode of the podcast, hosted by Worn & Wound cofounder Zach Weiss and featuring fellow cofounder James Helms and Jonathan Ferrer, founder of Brew Watch Co. Jonathan has been a friend to us at Worn & Wound since the earliest days of Brew, and this conversation is a fun look back at the history of his brand, including an early Worn & Wound limited edition, the watch that saved Brew, and the triumph of the hugely successful Metric. Jonathan and Zach also give us the inside story on the just launched Brew x Worn & Wound Metric Regulators, a...2023-09-0653 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 303: New Watches from Omega, Tudor, and Some Wild Only Watch ReleasesThis week on the podcast, Blake, Zach Weiss, and Zach Kazan are talking about an unusually heavy schedule of new releases from some of the biggest brands in the business. Between new watches from Omega, Tudor, and a slate of one-offs for the Only Watch auction, there was a lot to catch up on. Let us know what you think of the Summer Blue collection celebrating the history of the Seamaster, and which of the week’s two big releases from Tudor has you most excited in the comments below. And be sure to check out all the Only Wa...2023-07-0553 min
SuperlativeTHE FUTURE OF WATCH AND LUXURY SOCIAL EVENTS WITH ZACH WEISS OF WORN AND WOUND This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Zach Weiss, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Worn and Wound. To start the show Ariel and our guest talk about the place of the American market in the watch world, and how his company transitioned into also doing social events under the banner of The Windup Watch Fair. They discuss what kind of brands are showcased at these events, and how identifying a need in the industry led to the b...2023-06-121h 01SuperlativeTHE FUTURE OF WATCH AND LUXURY SOCIAL EVENTS WITH ZACH WEISS OF WORN AND WOUND This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Zach Weiss, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Worn and Wound. To start the show Ariel and our guest talk about the place of the American market in the watch world, and how his company transitioned into also doing social events under the banner of The Windup Watch Fair. They discuss what kind of brands are showcased at these events, and how identifying a need in the industry led to the b...2023-06-121h 01The Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 299: Strap Monsters, Time Eaters, and WatchRecon AlertsThis week on the podcast, Blake, Zach Kazan, Zach Weiss, and Kat Shoulders are all in the studio. Maybe it’s the whole “recording in person” thing, but this one has a bit of everything, including a lengthy wrist check that dives into numerous tangents, from potential alternative terms for “strap monster” (and why we don’t refer to pants as “belt monsters”), weird watch tools we don’t know how to use, and how to solve the problem of too much text on a dial. Other topics in this totally normal episode of the podcast include our favorite Corvettes, toad st...2023-06-0744 min
The Worn & Wound PodcastTime On Screen: Ex MachinaTime on Screen is back this week, and Zach Kazan and Zach Weiss are talking about a movie that doesn’t really have anything directly to do with watches, but has us thinking about some things pertaining to the industry. Ex Machina is Alex Garland’s 2014 directorial debut, and it’s a sci-fi story that explores the concept of artificial intelligence in an uncommonly thoughtful (and perhaps prescient) way. Artificial intelligence has worked its way into the public discourse in a major way over the last year, and it seems like each week there’s a new example of an advan...2023-05-261h 05The Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 295: Christopher Ward’s The Twelve, the Met Gala, and MoreThis week on the podcast, Blake Buettner, Zach Weiss, and Zach Kazan are back from a successful Windup Watch Fair in San Francisco, and the conversation turns to one of the show’s biggest new releases, The Twelve from Christopher Ward. Their integrated bracelet sports watch was an immediate sensation at Windup and on Instagram, where memes immediately drew comparisons to other notable (and much more expensive) watches in this same style. But there’s something undeniable about the quality and value proposition of The Twelve, and it impressed even the integrated bracelet sports watch skeptics on mic for this...2023-05-1056 min
The Worn & Wound PodcastA Week In Watches Ep 43: Rolex, Tudor, Oris and More From Watches & WondersIt’s time. That’s right, it’s episode 43. The most special number. Why? Well, this A Week in Watches is coming to you from the halls of Watches & Wonders 2023 in Geneva. Since it’s a different venue, and there were a lot of launches, we took a slightly different approach. More, shorter stories, and more hosts! Yep, this episode has Blake Buettner, Zach Kazan, and Zach Weiss.What do we cover? Lots of stuff. Rolex, Tudor, Grand Seiko, TAG Heuer, Lange, and Oris, so buckle up.This week’s episode is brought to you by the Win...2023-04-0214 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 289: LIVE From Watches And WondersIt’s Watches & Wonders week, so that can only mean one thing for the Worn & Wound podcast: we’re recording from a press lounge again! Join Zach Kazan, Kat Shoulders, and Zach Weiss for a recap of the first few days of the show from the center of the watch universe, at least for this week. We’ve seen Tudor, Grand Seiko, and a bunch of other brands, and have plenty of thoughts on the show so far. Be sure to stay tapped into these pages for more Watches & Wonders the rest of the week, and don’t forget...2023-03-2926 min
The Worn & Wound PodcastTime on Screen: Edge Of TomorrowThis week on Time on Screen, the team is stuck in a time loop, forced to podcast over and over again until they defeat the alien invaders and save the planet. Or something like that. On this episode, Zach is joined by Worn & Wound co-founder Zach Weiss and Media Production Manager Kat Shoulders to discuss Edge of Tomorrow, the 2014 Doug Liman directed Tom Cruise vehicle that sees our hero donning a mech-suit and retaking Europe from the alien hordes over the course of a brutal day that he must relive again and again. Edge of Tomorrow was considered a...2023-03-061h 09The Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 285: Watch Collecting in the Quantum Realm, Plus New Releases from Sinn and H. MoserThis week on the podcast, Blake Buettner, Zach Weiss, and Zach Kazan are on mic to talk about a topic broached in a recent editorial: watch collecting in the quantum realm. Inspired by his recent viewing of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Zach Kazan began thinking about the many different decisions he’s made in his watch collecting life, and how they’ve led inexorably to where he is now. But what if different choices had been made along the way? Are there multiple versions of all of us in some alternate universe with wildly different watch collections? The laws...2023-03-0157 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 283: Palate Cleansers, Perpetual Calendars, and Paul Rudd’s Grand SeikoThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Blake Buettner is joined by Zach Weiss for a good old fashioned watch chat focused on recent releases, what we’re wearing and enjoying now, and all the diversions you’d come to expect. That includes a discussion on the etiquette of a lowball offer on eBay, the notion of a watch as a palate cleanser, and the inherent role of sentimentality in watch collecting. Blake and Zach also dive into a new batch of King Seikos (and a mysterious new Seiko caliber), an even bigger batch of new releases from Audemars Pigu...2023-02-1554 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 281: Recommendations from the TeamThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Blake Buettner, Zach Weiss, Kat Shoulders, and Zach Kazan are taking a break from dedicated watch talk (mostly) and gathering around the mic to bring you some of our personal recommendations for a whole host of things. From movies, to booze, to gear and apparel, we like a whole lot of stuff, and our interests inform how we approach watches in unexpected ways. This is a truly wide ranging conversation that covers everything from horror movies to craft cocktails, and we hope you enjoy it and can take one or two things...2023-02-011h 00The Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 277: Listener MailbagThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, we’re answering your questions. It’s the first episode of the year (and the final recording of 2022) and we’re opening up the mailbag. It’s a full crew today, with Blake, Thomas, Patrick, Zach Weiss, Zach Kazan, Ed Jelley, and Kat Shoulders all checking in to ponder the many questions asked by Worn & Wound readers and listeners. Among them: Why do brands think power reserve is a flex? When is the Windup Watch Fair coming to Europe? And, do we suffer any form of watch burnout? We also return to the topi...2023-01-041h 01The Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 276: The Year in ReviewThis week on the podcast, we’re taking the idea of a full house to new extremes as we close in on the end of 2022 to discuss our favorite releases of the year. Blake Buettner is joined by Zach Weiss, Thomas Calara, Zach Kazan, Ed Jelley, Patrick Marlett, and Kat Shoulders for a massive Year in Review discussion where the team discusses the watch news and releases that made the most waves in 2022. Be sure to share your favorite watches of the year in the comments below, and stay tuned to the Worn & Wound podcast feed as we’ll be a...2022-12-2847 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 271: The Strange Appeal of the Meteorite DialThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, we’ve got Blake Buettner, Patrick Marlett, Thomas Calara, and Zach Weiss talking about a wide range of topics. First and foremost, Patrick hasn’t seen The Big Lebowski, and the entire team needs to take a minute to adjust to this distressing new information. Watches are eventually discussed as well, including a new and very difficult to acquire Porsche Design chronograph, and the latest release from Massena LAB, a historically accurate tribute to the Mathey-Tissot Type XX. Then the conversation turns to a recent influx in watches with meteorite dials, and the...2022-11-2348 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 259: Leave it to the ProfessionalsToday on the podcast, Blake Buettner, Zach Weiss, Zach Kazan, and Patrick Marlett are in studio to discuss a question that's come up a lot recently: what's with all these "pro" watches? Did it start with the Speedmaster? Should we consider our own professions before committing to buy something like a Black Bay Pro, or the new TAG Heuer Aquaracer GMT with a similar designation? What's in a name, anyway? Is it all just clever marketing or does a "Pro" watch have a meaningful functional advantage? We tackle the tough questions on this week's episode. To stay o...2022-08-3125 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 253: Live from Windup Watch Fair, A Conversation with Jason Heaton and James StaceyThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast we’re bringing you a special episode, recorded in front of a live audience at last weekend’s Windup Watch Fair in Chicago. Blake Buettner and Zach Weiss are joined by none other than Jason Heaton and James Stacey, hosts of The Grey NATO podcast. We were so excited to have James and Jason sit in on a podcast with us – both have been guests on the Worn & Wound podcast before, but having them together in front of a crowd of enthusiasts at Windup was a special treat. This is a wide rangin...2022-07-2048 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 226: A Conversation with Grand Seiko's Joe KirkToday, Worn & Wound is happy to present a special podcast in partnership with Grand Seiko. We recently had Grand Seiko’s Joe Kirk in the office to talk about the brand, and answer some of your questions about recent Grand Seiko releases and what’s in store for the future with Worn & Wound’s Zach Weiss. Grand Seiko has been on a hot streak lately, releasing a lineup of new watches with their next generation Spring Drive and Hi-Beat movements, so there’s a lot to talk about. In addition to new watches, Zach and Joe get into what transpir...2022-02-1846 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 225: New Releases, Sinn's Professional Watches, and Beanie Baby ManiaThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, the editorial team sits down to dive deep into a handful of fairly interesting new releases that have dropped recently. New options from Grand Seiko, Sinn, and Zenith (some of our favorite brands) caught our attention, and in this episode Zach Weiss, Blake Buettner, Zach Kazan, and Thomas Calara talk through what we like and don’t like about each of them. Then, using Zach Kazan’s recent piece as a jumping off point, we examine the connections between the Beanie Baby bubble of the 1990s and the current state of th...2022-02-161h 00The Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 220: Our Favorite Watches of 2021This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, we’ve got a full house to talk about our favorite watches of 20221. Blake Buettner, Zach Weiss, Ed Jelley, Zach Kazan, and Thomas Calara are all on the mic to run through the watch releases that stuck with us last year. From affordable value propositions to unattainable grails, we talk about it all on this week’s episode. Check out the show notes for links to our stories on the watches discussed, and let us know if you think we missed anything in the comments below, and also be sure to comment abou...2022-01-121h 08The Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 216: A Chat with Ariel Adams from A Blog to WatchThis week on the podcast, Blake Buettner and Zach Weiss are joined by Ariel Adams for a wide ranging conversation that covers everything from the business of watches, to the use of color in watch design, to the place of social media in the watch landscape. Ariel, as many readers and listeners are aware, is the founder of A Blog to Watch, and we’re happy to have him join us to help celebrate Worn & Wound’s tenth anniversary by looking back and reflecting on all the changes in our little corner of the internet over the last several year...2021-12-1552 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 212: Tudor's New Pelagos FXDToday on the podcast, Blake Buettner, Zach Weiss, and Zach Kazan sit down to talk about what is unquestionably one of the biggest watch releases of the year: the Tudor Pelagos FXD. What is the FXD? Well, if this were Wheel of Fortune, and you bought a few vowels, the “fixed” theme of the watch comes into focus. This iteration of the Pelagos had been the topic of much speculation in recent months as leaks began to hit social media, and the fixed lug bars, unusual bi-directional bezel, and notably thinner case profile offer something genuinely new in the Pela...2021-11-1752 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 211: A GPGH Recap, and Finding Your LaneThis week on the podcast, Blake Buettner, Zach Weiss, Zach Kazan, and Ed Jelley have gathered to talk about, among other things, the recently completed Grand Prix Horlogerie d’Geneve, better known as GPHG. Every year, some of the biggest names in watchmaking come together in Geneva to celebrate, well, each other. Some of the awards left us scratching our heads (it was news to us that Louis Vuitton made the best dive watch of the year), but plenty of Worn & Wound favorites took home prizes, including Grand Seiko and MB&F. As is frequently the case when the wh...2021-11-1055 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 208: Hot TakesThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, we’re talking about some of your favorite unpopular opinions when it comes to watches. We asked listeners for their hottest watch takes, and man oh man did they ever deliver. From Rolex, to date placement (of course) to the very concept of watch spotting, our listeners held nothing back, and it made for some great conversation and good natured debate. Of course, Blake Buettner, Zach Weiss, Blake Malin, and Zach Kazan offer their own spicy takes on all things watch related, some of which are guaranteed to shock and surprise....2021-10-201h 03The Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 205: A Growing Interest in GoldThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, just like Scrooge McDuck, we’re diving headfirst into gold. Zach Weiss recently penned an editorial on his growing interest in gold, and in this episode Blake Buettner and Zach Kazan join him to talk about how gold watches fit into our lives, or could, in theory, someday down the line. We wonder aloud why it is that gold watches gain in our esteem over time, and which gold watches we’d choose for ourselves if money were no object, or if commodities markets simply crashed overnight. And of course we take ques...2021-09-2953 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 204: Talking with Nicholas Manousos about the Horological Society of New York, Chronometer Certification, and American WatchmakingThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Blake Buettner, Zach Weiss, and Zach Kazan are happy to be joined by Nicholas Manousos, Executive Director of the Horological Society of New York. The HSNY is one of the world’s oldest continuously operating horological associations in the world, and Nicholas speaks with us about the organization’s history, mission, and some new initiatives that they’ve recently launched. One of those projects that Worn & Wound readers might be particularly interested in is HSNY’s new chronometer certification process, which debuted in a recent collaboration between Habring and Massena LAB (and immediat...2021-09-2250 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 203: A Conversation with James StaceyThis week on the podcast, Blake Buettner and Zach Weiss are joined by James Stacey. James wears many hats: he’s a Senior Writer for Hodinkee, one half of the team that hosts The Grey Nato podcast (the other half, Jason Heaton, joined us previously), and he’s the newly minted host of Hodinkee Radio, another watch related podcast you might be familiar with. This is a really fun conversation that touches on everything from the commonly owned Seiko divers among the three podcast participants, frustrations with Rolex waitlists, and selling the entire collection to fund a grail. This was...2021-09-1553 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 201: Our Favorite August ReleasesThis week on the podcast, Blake Buettner, Zach Weiss, and Zach Kazan are discussing some of the recent new releases that have caught our collective eye in the month of August. There’s a lot of Grand Seiko activity to discuss, including some new US exclusive limited editions at an affordable price point, and some flagship Spring Drive releases that have the watch community buzzing. There’s also the matter of a new four-way collaboration between Habring, Massena LAB, J.N. Shapiro, and the Horological Society of New York, which produced not only a beautiful and interesting watch (that sold...2021-09-0149 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 200: Anything But Watches - Sort OfThis week marks a major milestone on the Worn & Wound podcast, as we celebrate our 200th episode. That’s right, we’ve officially talked about watches into microphones 200 times (remember the early days?), and to commemorate this momentous event, we reached out to our listeners and asked them to submit questions for us to answer on the air. This time, though, we thought it would be fun to talk about anything but watches. Spoiler alert: there’s still plenty of watch talk here, but you also asked us a lot of great questions about hobbies outside of the watch world...2021-08-2556 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 199: Grail Watches, RevisitedThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Blake Buettner and Zach Kazan pick up their recent discussion on grail watches, and this time they’re joined by Zach Weiss and you, the listener, by way of questions and comments submitted through Instagram. We asked for your thoughts on the concept of the “grail watch” and our recent editorial on the subject, and you had a lot to say. In this conversation we take an even deeper dive into how the idea of a grail watch guides and informs our collecting, and we react to plenty of listener feedback. It turns...2021-08-1851 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 198: Jerome Burgert of Serica WatchesThis week on the podcast, we’re happy to be joined by Jerome Burgert, one of the founders of a brand we’ve become big fans of at Worn & Wound, Serica Watches. Serica appeared on the watch scene in 2019 with the W.W.W. watch, a tribute to classic military watches like the original “Dirty Dozen” series. They followed that up a year later with the 4512, and have just launched their first dive watch, the 5303 (reviewed recently right here by Zach Weiss). Serica is remarkable for developing a crystal clear design language in a very short period of time, and this...2021-08-1154 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 195: A Roundup of New Summer Releases, TAG's new Mario Watch, and MoreThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, we’re playing catch up, and talking about some of our favorite recent summer watch releases. We’ve had a string of podcasts with some great guests recently (check out the archive here if you missed anything) but today it’s just Zach Weiss, Blake Buettner, and Zach Kazan talking about new releases, recent acquisitions, and a certain controversial smartwatch featuring a popular video game plumber. We also talk about a few of the watches to be sold at the Only Watch auction later this year, including a very special watch from Baltic...2021-07-2154 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 194: A Conversation with Ben Clymer, Founder of HodinkeeThis week on the podcast, Blake Buettner, Zach Weiss, and Blake Malin are joined by Hodinkee’s Ben Clymer for a wide ranging discussion reflecting on a long, shared history in the watch media landscape. Ben is the founder and Executive Chairman of Hodinkee, and in the thirteen years since he started the website, it’s grown into a leading resource for all things watches, a one-stop retail shop for new, vintage, and pre-owned watches, and a whole lot more. As Worn & Wound celebrates its tenth anniversary, it was a great time to sit down with Ben and talk abou...2021-07-1450 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 193: Listener Q&AThis week on the podcast, Blake Buettner, Zach Weiss, and Zach Kazan are once again taking your questions. When you submitted questions for our recent podcast with the Worn & Wound co-founders, we had a bunch left over that we wanted to get to. We cover some pretty big topics here, including how our collecting habits and tastes have changed, and the watches that have most impressed and surprised us over the years, and very recently. We also dig into the much discussed idea of “cost per wear” and how that can justify an expensive purchase and potentially reveal hidden valu...2021-07-0744 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 190: A Conversation with the Worn & Wound PartnersThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, it’s a special episode with the three founders: Zach Weiss, Blake Malin, and James Helms. On the occasion of Worn & Wound’s tenth anniversary, Zach, Blake, and James sit down to reflect on where the website has been, where it’s going, and the many highs and lows along the way. They also answer questions submitted by you about topics ranging from the status of the Windup Watch Fair, what they’d do differently if they started the blog today, dream Worn & Wound collaborations, and more. This is a great conversation whether...2021-06-161h 00The Worn & Wound PodcastThe Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 189: Genre Bending WatchesThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, we’re asking the age old question: what’s in a name? Not in the Shakespearean sense, but in the world of watches, what we call these things that we strap to our wrist can have an outsized impact on how we perceive them. We take Zach Weiss’s recent review of the Grand Seiko SBGE225 as the jumping off point to try to decide what, exactly, this watch is, sitting somewhere adjacent to a travel watch, a sports watch, and even a dive watch. In the end, does it really matter? Does a...2021-06-0949 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 187: Limited Editions, Value in Complications, and Predicting a New Tudor ReleaseIt’s been a busy week in the watch world, and we’re covering a lot of ground in this week’s Worn & Wound podcast to get to as much watch news as we can. First, we take you through the all new Zodiac x Worn & Wound Super Sea Wolf Limited Edition, our latest collaboration, and an LE that’s been in the works for a long time. Zach Weiss is here this week to talk about the wide ranging design influences that went into this Super Sea Wolf with a heavy 90s vibe. If sneakers and outdoor gear mean any...2021-05-2647 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 186 Ming, Bell & Ross, & More New ReleasesThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Weiss, Blake Buettner, and Zach Kazan take a look at some of the most interesting new releases we’ve seen since the Watches & Wonders fair. In this new post-Baselworld era, we’re quickly learning that big trade shows won’t be the only time brands unveil new products, and both large and small watchmakers have introduced a variety of interesting pieces in the short time since Watches & Wonders closed. We thought this was as good a time as any to take stock of some of those new releases, including some cocktail inspir...2021-05-1953 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 173: Change One Thing to Make it Perfect, and this Week's Watch NewsThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, we’re asking a simple question: If you could change one thing about any particular watch to make it perfect, what would it be? Even watches that we love have little quirks and imperfections that we’d love to change, and today Zach Weiss, Blake Buettner, and Zach Kazan are attacking the small details that we’d fix if we could. Odd lug widths, bracelet quibbles, and some inexplicable finishing choices are all on the table here. There might even be a date window discussion. How could there not be? We also...2021-02-171h 07The Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 172: The Homage ParadoxThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Weiss, Blake Buettner, and Zach Kazan talk about something that’s been on all of our minds after a slew of recent releases: are all watches starting to look alike? Is it an accident? And, is it even a bad thing for new releases to resemble something from the past (or, in the case of some of the watches we talk about, the present). It’s a surprisingly thorny issue, with a whole lot of strongly held opinions (few words set off a debate in the watch world quite like “homage”). In this...2021-02-1055 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 171: January in Review, and Answering Listener QuestionsThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Blake Buettner, Zach Weiss, Zach Kazan, and Ed Jelley answer your most pressing questions. Makes a micro brand? How much value should we place on a brand name? Is there a vintage watch bubble, and is it ever going to pop? These questions and more will be answered on this episode, and we also take a quick look back at some of the big January watch news that you might have missed. If you have questions that you’d like us to answer at the end of February, be sure to...2021-02-031h 04The Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 165: December Q&AYou’ve got questions – we’ve got answers. This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, the team answers questions from listeners on a wide range of topics. We cover exit watches, some of the trends we spotted this year, watches under $1,000, and a whole lot more. We also spend some time talking about our favorite Worn & Wound content of the year, so be sure to check out links in the show notes for anything we talked about that you might have missed. If you have any questions you’d like us to answer on a future episode, be sure t...2020-12-231h 07The Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 164: A Conversation with Mike Maher, CEO of Taylor StitchToday on the Worn & Wound podcast, Blake Buettner and Zach Weiss chat with Mike Maher, CEO and Co-Founder of Taylor Stitch. Taylor Stitch is one of our favorite brands – an apparel company specializing in garments that are made responsibly and to last a lifetime. Blake, Zach, and Mike talk about the origins of Taylor Stitch, why they’re obsessed with sourcing just the right fabrics, and the connections between making top quality clothing and great watches.This week’s episode of the Worn & Wound podcast is brought to you by Bulova and their Joseph Bulova collection. Paying homage...2020-12-1637 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 163: A Conversation with William MassenaOn the podcast today, Zach Weiss and Blake Buettner are joined by watch industry veteran William Massena. William is the proprietor of Massena LAB, a studio that has partnered with some of the most interesting independent brands since its founding only two years ago, and they just released their first solo project, the Uni-Racer, an homage to a classic Universal Geneve chronograph. This is a really fun conversation that focuses on the making of the Uni-Racer, from its initial conception to production, and also turns to the very idea of homage watches, vintage reissues, the state of the watch...2020-12-0942 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 162: November Recap - The Virtual Windup Watch Fair, New Releases from Sinn, and Oris Goes In-House with the Caliber 400As we rapidly approach the end of 2020, the Worn & Wound team sits down to review the month of November. It was a busy month, dominated by the Virtual Windup Watch Fair, and a whole bunch of new releases, including a few retro inspired GMTs from some of our favorite indie brands, a slew of new stuff from Sinn, and a whole lot more. Blake Buetttner, Zach Weiss, and Zach Kazan take you through all of it in this week’s episode. Be sure to check out the show notes below for details on the watches discussed in thi...2020-12-0258 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 157: October Recap - A New Speedy with a Hidden Talent, the "Captain Willard" Gets Reviewed, and the Debate over Screw-Down PushersThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Blake Buettner, Zach Weiss, Ed Jelley, and Zach Kazan take a moment to look back at the month of October. With the year coming to a close, we’re still seeing a steady stream of new watch releases, and there were cool new watches introduced by brands both large and small over the course of the last month. In this episode, the team talks through some of their favorites, and they revisit some of the great hands-on reviews from the last month, including new watches from Baltic, Nomos, and Seiko. Be sure to...2020-11-041h 15The Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 153: A Conversation About Strange SpeedmastersOn today’s episode of the Worn & Wound podcast, we’re talking Speedmasters. But this isn’t just any Speedmaster podcast, we’re getting weird. Last week, we published a guide to unusual Speedmasters, and today Blake Buettner, Zach Weiss, and Zach Kazan sit down to talk through some of their favorites from our “Weirdmaster” guide, and what makes these references so strange anyway.If you’re a Speedmaster fan, or just interested in unusual watches, be sure to tell us about your favorite strange Speedys in the comments below. There are way more than we could possibly inclu...2020-10-0740 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 152: September Recap - A New Apple Watch, Nivada Grenchen Returns, and More New ReleasesThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Weiss, Blake Buettner, and Zach Kazan take a look back at the month of September. As usual, September saw a wide variety of new releases, and this conversation takes you through some of the big ones, as well as some of the watches we reviewed this month. If you missed any of the content discussed here, be sure to check out our favorite September articles in the show notes below, as well as other great material we couldn’t get to in the Worn & Wound archives.This wee...2020-09-3054 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 144: Meet Blake Buettner, Worn & Wound’s New Managing EditorBlake’s been in the watch game for years, has a lot of great stories to tell, and brings a unique and focused perspective to his work that we think is going to result in a lot of great content. This is a fun, loose conversation, and we hope you find it to be a great way to get to know the newest member of the Worn & Wound editorial team. This week’s episode of the Worn & Wound Podcast is brought to you by Seiko and their iconic Seiko 5 Sports line of watches. Seiko has released a diver...2020-08-121h 03The Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 143: July RecapThere’s a lot to discuss, including plenty of new releases and reviews, news of a new watch fair in Geneva, and a great piece of content from Hodinkee. Plus, we answer a listener question about a topic that we discuss frequently amongst ourselves: watch bracelets.This week’s episode of the Worn & Wound podcast is brought to you by Citizen and their iconic line of Eco-Drive watches. For over 40 years, Citizen has been producing watches with Eco-Drive technology. Highly efficient and versatile, Citizen Eco-Drive watches are powered by any light – artificial, natural, and even dim light. Eco-Dr...2020-08-051h 15The Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 140: 10 Great Watches Between $3,000 and $3,500This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Weiss and Zach Kazan continue our ongoing series looking at a selection of great watches in a particular price range. This week, it’s watches ranging between $3,000 and $3,500 (be sure to check out the previous episode on the series right here). As always, these aren’t the “best” watches at this price point, but a selection of interesting choices, with a mix of well-known watches from big brands, and some more under the radar selections. What are your favorite watches in this range, and what do you think of our choic...2020-07-151h 01The Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 138: June Recap - A New Stainless Steel Patek, Nostalgia Machines, New Releases, and MoreAnd just like that, June is history. That means it’s time once again for the Worn & Wound team to discuss the month that was in watches. This week on the podcast, Zach Weiss, Ed Jelley, and Zach Kazan go through some of the best content on the site over the last month, including Caleb Liam’s “Nostalgia Machines” guides, the announcement of a surprising tourbillon from Zelos, and a new batch of Seiko 5 Sports watches to talk about. All that, plus a listener question about our dream movements, and a chat about a polarizing new release from Patek Philippe...2020-07-011h 05The Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 136: Ask the Brands #2, featuring Autodromo, Mk II, Halios, and FarerToday on the Worn & Wound podcast, we’re back with the second installment of “Ask the Brands,” our podcast series in which Zach Weiss sits down with some of our favorite brand owners to get their candid and unique perspectives on the big questions facing the watch community.Featured on this week’s episode, we have Bradley Price from Autodromo, Bill Yao of Mk II, Jason Lim of Halios, and Farer founder Paul Sweetenham. The question posed for this episode is, “What current watch trends to you think will continue, and what trends will fade away?”This week’...2020-06-1751 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 135: Movie Time - Back to the FutureZach Weiss, Blake Malin, Zach Kazan, and Ed Jelley sit down to discuss Back to the Future, an 80s classic that’s uniquely obsessed with time. Of course, the movie also has some great watch spotting, and who doesn’t love an excuse to talk through the time travel paradox?This is the first in a planned series of podcasts where the Worn & Wound team pick a movie where time is an important theme, and discuss it on the air. We’d love to hear your suggestions for other films in this vein that we should discuss, so be...2020-06-101h 02The Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 134: May Recap - The End of Baselworld, Our Favorites from Watches & Wonders, and a Bunch of New ReleasesZach Weiss, Zach Kazan, and Ed Jelley sit down to talk about everything that happened in the watch world during the month of May, including the latest Baselworld news, and a ton of new releases. We also discuss some of the reviews we’ve published in the last month, and answer a listener question about what makes a great daily wear watch. Be sure to check out links to everything covered on the podcast in the show notes below.This week’s episode is brought to you by the Windup Watch Shop.To stay on top...2020-06-0354 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 133: Ask the Brands #1, featuring Autodromo, Zodiac, Farer, and HaliosToday on the Worn & Wound podcast, we’re kicking off a new series that focuses on the people behind the brands we cover, and getting to the heart of the state of the watch industry today. Welcome to “Ask the Brands.”In each of these episodes, we’ll be posing a broad question to several brands, and getting the unique perspective of each. To kick things off, Zach Weiss spoke with Bradley Price of Autodromo, TJ McKnight of Zodiac, Paul Sweetenham of Farer, and Jason Lim of Halios.For this inaugural episode in the series, we wante...2020-05-2755 min
The Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 132: 10 Great Watches between $2,500 and $3,000This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Weiss and Zach Kazan sit down to discuss some great watches between $2,500 and $3,000. This is part of a continuing series on the podcast where we look at some excellent watches that offer a lot of value in a given price bracket (be sure to check out the last entry, here). While these aren’t the “best” watches in the price range, they represent a variety of options, with a good mix of under the radar picks and watches from iconic brands that are household names. What are your favorite watches...2020-05-2053 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 130: Mike France, CEO and Co-Founder of Christopher WardToday on the show, Zach Weiss chats with Mike France, founder of Christopher Ward, for an in-depth discussion on the origins of the brand, some of the key watches in the collection, and the importance of delivering good solid value to customers. Zach and Mike also discuss the development of the recently launched C60 Sapphire, which posed some unique manufacturing challenges. That watch is also the star of the brand’s first ever television ad, which Zach and Mike talk about on the podcast.This week’s episode is brought to you by the Windup Watch Shop.2020-05-061h 00The Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 129: April Recap - A Three Watch Collection Under $5,000, A Guide to Field Watches, and Some Great New ReleasesOn today’s Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Weiss, Zach Kazan, and Ed Jelley sit down to rehash a very busy April on the site, and in the watch industry. In addition to some great new releases, the guys discuss Zach’s recent Three for $5,000 article, Ed’s review of the Doxa Sub 200, and their thoughts on how to decide to pull the trigger on that new watch. It’s a fun conversation, and be sure to check out links to all the content discussed in the show notes below. This week’s episode is brought to you by the Wind...2020-04-2959 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 127: A Conversation with VJ Geronimo of OrisToday on the podcast, Zach Weiss and Blake Malin are joined by VJ Geronimo, CEO of Oris North America. Oris has grown substantially in recent years, going from a niche brand to a much more prominent player in the watch world in a short time, thanks to some great designs and a handful of hit watches. Here, VJ discusses the long history of Oris as an independent brand, the many meaningful partnerships Oris has forged, a very cool series of limited edition jazz inspired watches, and much more.This week’s episode is brought to you by th...2020-04-1550 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 125: March Releases from Seiko and Grand SeikoSeiko and Grand Seiko kept us busy last month with so many new release announcements, we decided to devote an entire podcast solely to their discussion. This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Weiss, Ed Jelley, and Zach Kazan go through the newest releases from these Japanese brands one by one, covering everything from key heritage reissues to completely new movements. Whether your taste veers more toward tool watches and divers, or finely made dress watches in precious metals, there’s something for everyone across this slate of new releases. This week’s episode is brought to yo...2020-04-0841 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 124: March Recap - New Releases, Reviewing the Seiko 5 Sports, and MoreThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, the team looks back at the month of March. Zach Weiss, Zach Kazan, and Ed Jelley take us through some of the biggest stories of the month, including big new releases from Hamilton and Bulova, a guide to monopusher chronographs, and reviews of some vintage inspired watches from Ball and Tissot. And of course, we discuss Ed’s review of three watches in the new Seiko 5 Sports line, and what these watches mean for enthusiasts at the entry level in a world without the beloved Seiko SKX. This week’s episo...2020-04-011h 00The Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 123: Catching up with Farer Watches' Paul SweetenhamThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Weiss and Blake Malin talk to Paul Sweetenham, founder of Farer. Farer is one of the most promising and active independent brands to have launched in recent memory. Paul was last on the podcast in 2017, and in the time since his last appearance, the brand has successfully debuted a series of impressive watches with interesting complications, uncommon movements, and Farer’s trademark bold use of color. In this episode, Zach and Blake catch up with Paul and discuss a wide variety of topics, including Farer’s recent releases, and the influence of c...2020-03-2536 minThe Worn & Wound PodcastEp. 122: The Decade in ReviewThis week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Weiss, Ilya Ryvin, Zach Kazan, and Ed Jelley look back at the last decade in watches. The 2010s was a big decade for the watch industry, particularly the part of it that we focus on here at Worn & Wound. It was a period of rapid change that included not just the rise of microbrands, but also significant shifts in the way we purchase watches, talk about watches, and design watches. And, of course, the latter half of the decade saw connected watches like the Apple Watch enter the market, changing the...2020-03-1841 min
The Unofficial Shopify PodcastZach Weiss, worn&wound, Affordable Watch Strap KingZach is a lifelong watch collector and has the stash of scratched up Swatches to prove it. He holds a B.A. from Bard College in Studio Arts and a Masters of Design in Designed Objects from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. As a working product, graphic and packaging designer, he views watches as the perfect synergy of 2D and 3D design: the place where form, function, fashion and mechanical wonderment come together. He has even had some viral success with his own ORBO digital watch concept.
Having started a hugely successful watch blog...2015-05-0735 min